The Digital Media Production (DMP) students are creating AMAZING Minecraft worlds.
I continue to be amazed by the excitement, engagement and teamwork demonstrated by students in the Digital Media Production (DMP) program using Minecraft.
Minecraft Collaborative Process
Students are working in teams using Minecraft to build spectacular Minecraft worlds. The student Minecraft creations include castles, battle towers, cities, games within Minecraft, farms and coliseums. Some of the teams have included fireworks, mazes, roller coasters, elevators, pixel art, mini games and much more in their Minecraft world. Some of the teams are using Minecraft mods to create different versions of Minecraft worlds.
At the beginning of the Minecraft projects students brainstormed building ideas. Students decided what groups they would like to work in and selected the designs that they would like to build. Students with specialized skills worked in more that one Minecraft group to share their building expertise and to help other students build their Minecraft skills.
Minecraft Research & Design
Students used the Internet to research how to build coliseums, create mazes based on maps and to learn how to better use Minecraft. Students read information, looked at maps, watched YouTube videos and critiqued each others designs during the Minecraft building process.
Students teams designed, tested and rebuilt designs in their Minecraft worlds. Students used critical thinking and logic when they were creating fireworks, creating roller coasters, designing pressure plates, adding lighting and managing resources. Students used project management skills when they assigned tasks, trained their team members, managed the progress of their team and discussed their weekly progress in team and class meetings.
Minecraft Planning – Google Drive
Students are using Google Drive to plan, collaborate and document their building progress.
These are pictures of a Google Drive Document that students are using to plan and build their coliseum.
In the Future
Students will create and edit videos of Minecraft characters walking through their Minecraft worlds and upload the videos to the Internet. Students will provide guided tours of their Minecraft worlds and explain the building process to guests in the classroom.
Students will write articles about their Minecraft projects and post the articles to their WordPress websites.